Astrological clock.



' K; M. PHILLIPS.

ASTEOLOGIOAL CLOCK.

APPLIOATIOH FILED v11110.2, 1913.

1,095,227, Patented May 5, 1914.

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ASTROLOGICAL CLOCK.

Specification of Letters l atent.

Patented May 5, 1914.

Application filed December 2, 1913. Serial No. 804,217.

T alZ echo-m it may concern:

Be it known that I, KAREN M. PHILLIPs, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York city, in the county and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in AstrologicalClocks, ofwhich the following 'is a specification;

This invention relates to registering devices, the said invention beingdesigned primarily foruse as an astrological clock or indicator, inwhich the planetary hours of the seven days of the week are indicated ona movable member in order that the astrological signs for the day andfor the twenty four hours of any day will be displayed and readable forthe purpose of determining the signs for the day and the hour of theday, whether the signs be good or bad accord ing to the belief in andpurpose of such astrological signs.

An object of this invention is to provide a dial which may be utilizedin connection with'the hand, or hands-of a clock so that as the handmoves over the face or dial, the

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings forming part of this specification, wherein likecharacters denote corresponding parts in the several views, andin Which-Figure 1 illustrates .a plan view of the dial embodying the invention;and Fig. 2

illustrates an edge view thereof.

In the drawings A denotes the dial which contains on its surface theconcentric clrcles B, C, D, E, and F, the latter of which is themarginal circle of the dial A.

The space .between the circles B and C 1s equi-distantly, marked andnumbered from 1 to 12 denoting the hours from m dn ght to midday andfronrmidday to midnight as employed in clocks now in commonuse. Thespace between the concentric circles C and D is graduated or marked andnumbered from 1 to 2a," the same being designed for use in connectionwith clocks, the hand or hands of which make a complete revolution oncein twenty four hours.

The space between the concentric circles D and E is divided into twentyfour main parts or segments denoted by the heavy lines G and the spacebetween any two of the said heavy lines G is sub-divided by the radiallines H, which, according to the use of the 1nvention denote five-minutespaces,.that is to say a hand of a clock would require five minutes topass from one line H to the next adjacent line parallel with it, so thatby using a dial with the indications thereon as mentioned, a clock witha single hand may be employed and the time may be read by referring tothe numerals between the concentric circles B, C or G, D, to reckon thehour and to the parallel lines G and H for reckoning the minutes pastthe hour. For convenience in reading the minutes, the space between thecircles E and F is sup plied with numbers opposite each third parallelline as for instance, the dividing lines G which are opposite the hourindications are marked denoting minutes and at three line intervalsthereafter, the lines are supplied with indications lo, 30, and 45 sothat the time may beqrzkly read by an observer.

As the foregoing method of reading the time will, it is thou ht, beapparent, fur- .ther detailed descriptlon of the dial, its con-'struction and the'provision for denoting the time is believedunnecessary.

For the purpose of associating the astrological signs with the hour andfor the further purpose of associating with the day of the week and thesaid signs with the clock and its indicating mechanism, means areprovided for associating a dial or astrological chart with the clockface to show that the astrological day, the beginning of which isreckoned-by the rising of the sun, may be adjusted with relation to theclock dial.

As an example of the utility of this invention, it may be supposed thatthe sun rises on a certain day at 6:15. To enable the reading of thechart according to the hour of the day, that portion of the chartcontaining the days of the ,week'would be moved with relation to theclock dial to bring the segment of the chart containing trated in Fig. 1where it is seen that the segment containing the days of the week isopposite that segment-0f the dial between the numerals 6 and 7 denotingthe sixth and seventh hour of the day. This arrangement and manipulationof the parts results in locating the astrological signs in properrelation to the clock dial so that the astrological day will begin withsunrise and the astrological signs for the different hours of anastrological day will be pointed to by the hand of the clock in itstravel over' the face of the dial. and a correct reading of the time andof the signs will-result.

For the purpose of a very apt reading of the astrological signs andtheir meaning or interpretatlon, I'have supplied the surface of theastrological chart with legends defining the sign or symbol used and aninterpretation of what it stands for, according to the belief ofastrologers;

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' Washington, D. 0.

I claim-- In a registering device, a dial having divisions indicated onits surface near its margin designating hours and minutes, a memberhaving its edge extending beyond the edge of the dial and havingdividing lines spaced apart a distance equal to the distance between thehour designations of the dial; and concentric circles intersecting thelines, the spaces between the circles correspondingand beingdesignatedby the days of the week and astrological signs between the circles inthe space between the divisional lines and means for movably connectingthe disk and dial.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

KAREN M. PHILLIPS.- Witnesses:

H. HARLEM', 'WILLIAM B. Bnnnnns.

